The Greatest Books of All Time on Assassination

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
415 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth 1971 British English
453 I, Claudius Robert Graves 1934 British English
701 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 Peruvian Spanish
961 The Manchurian Candidate Richard Condon 1959 American English
1131 Ashes and Diamonds Jerzy Andrzejewski 1948 Polish Polish
1390 A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James 2014 Jamaican English
1690 Goldfinger Ian Fleming 1959 British English
1849 Z Vassilis Vassilikos 1967 Greek Greek
1940 The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace 1905 British English
2098 From Russia with Love Ian Fleming 1957 British English
2335 Libra Don DeLillo 1988 American English
2867 Dead Zone Stephen King 1979 American English
3131 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3616 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
4309 Journey Into Fear Eric Ambler 1940 British English
4309 A Gun For Sale Graham Greene 1936 British English
4643 Midnight Plus One Gavin Lyall 1965 British English
4644 You Only Live Twice Ian Fleming 1964 British English
4953 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
5097 Three To Kill Jean-Patrick Manchette 1976 French French
5465 Six Days Of The Condor James Grady 1974 American English
5573 Lincoln Gore Vidal 1984 American English
5630 Queens' Play Dorothy Dunnett 1964 British English
5976 The Boys From Brazil Ira Levin 1976 American English
6236 Harry’s Game Gerald Seymour 1975 British English
6273 American Tabloid James Ellroy 1995 American English
6852 The Quiller Memorandum Adam Hall 1965 British English
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7065 Point Of Impact Stephen Hunter 1993 American English
8430 A Running Duck Paula Gosling 1978 American English
9090 Prizzi's Honor Richard Condon 1982 American English
9535 A Case Of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif 2008 Pakistani English
9901 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
10084 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
10175 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10766 Huey Long T. Harry Williams 1969 American English
10928 Consent To Kill Vince Flynn 2005 American English
10930 Blowback Brad Thor 2005 American English
11245 Queen Margot Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
11408 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
11660 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11939 A Thousand Days Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr 1965 American English
12324 Lincoln David Herbert Donald 1995 American English
12583 Scarecrow Matthew Reilly 2003 Australian English
13359 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13885 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
14671 Abraham Lincoln Lord Charnwood 1916 British English
14890 Nicholas And Alexandra Robert K. Massie 1967 American English
15659 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
17117 In the Days of McKinley Margaret Leech 1959 American English
17117 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17117 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17117 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17117 Evil And The Mask Fuminori Nakamura 2010 Japanese Japanese
17117 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17117 Cross Fire James Patterson 2010 American English
17117 The Pelican Brief John Grisham 1992 American English
17117 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17117 Executive Orders Tom Clancy 1996 American English
17117 Wet Work Philip Nutman 1993 British English
17117 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17117 Jhereg Steven Brust 1983 American English
17117 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17117 The Lumumba Plot Stuart A. Reid 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams Daniel Nayeri 2023 Unknown English
17117 President Garfield C.W. Goodyear 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Lumumba Plot Stuart Reid 2023 Unknown English
17117 Aberration In The Heartland Of The Real Wendy S. Painting 2015 Unknown English
17117 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17117 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17117 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17117 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17117 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
16804 The Assassins Elia Kazan 1972 American English